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Pakistan, India and the Nuclear Factor
Today, the capital of India's province of Kashmir, Srinagar, exploded in violence with twenty five people killed and fifty injured. In the past twelve years, tens of thousands have died in the struggle to gain independence for Kashmir or merge it with Pakistan. Today's flare-up comes at a time when old enemies, India and Pakistan, have agreed to join the coalition against Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist organization, with nuclear weapons in their arsenals. To explain this delicate union and potential outcomes are a physicist, a former Deputy Director of Policy Planning at the State Dep't, and South Asia experts. Newsmaker: UN Gen'l Assembly Strategizes to Defeat Terrorism - New York's Mayor Giuliani spoke on the first of five days of debate on how to focus the world-wide struggle against terrorism. Illuminating what his words imply, is James Sutterlin, a distinguished Fellow in UN Studies at Yale University; formerly director of Secretary General's office at the United Nations. Reporter's Notebook: Worldwide Manhunt for Osama bin Laden - We review previous US manhunts to give insight on finding Osama Bin Laden. Searching for Bin Laden is a challenge that requires patience and luck as much as resources. Paul Richter, a writer for The Los Angeles Times, helps us understand.
By Warren Olney • • 1 min readToday, the capital of India's province of Kashmir, Srinagar, exploded in violence with twenty five people killed and fifty injured. In the past twelve years, tens of thousands have died in the struggle to gain independence for Kashmir or merge it with Pakistan. Today's flare-up comes at a time when old enemies, India and Pakistan, have agreed to join the coalition against Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda terrorist organization, with nuclear weapons in their arsenals. To explain this delicate union and potential outcomes are a physicist, a former Deputy Director of Policy Planning at the State Dep't, and South Asia experts.
UN Gen'l Assembly Strategizes to Defeat Terrorism - New York's Mayor Giuliani spoke on the first of five days of debate on how to focus the world-wide struggle against terrorism. Illuminating what his words imply, is James Sutterlin, a distinguished Fellow in UN Studies at Yale University; formerly director of Secretary General's office at the United Nations.
Worldwide Manhunt for Osama bin Laden - We review previous US manhunts to give insight on finding Osama Bin Laden. Searching for Bin Laden is a challenge that requires patience and luck as much as resources. Paul Richter, a writer for
The Los Angeles Times, helps us understand.